Promoting literacy and numeracy among middle school students: Exploring the mediating role of self-efficacy and gender differences

Shahana Begum; Nancy Flowers; Kevin Tan; Dawn M.H. Carpenter; Katelynn Moser

doi:10.1016/j.ijer.2020.101722

Promoting literacy and numeracy among middle school students: Exploring the mediating role of self-efficacy and gender differences

Shahana Begum, Nancy Flowers, Kevin Tan, Dawn M.H. Carpenter, Katelynn Moser

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The purpose of this study is to evaluate the role of self-efficacy to mediate the relations among 6th and 7th grade students’ literacy and numeracy expectations and their Reading and Mathematics performance and determine any differences by gender. Participants were 793 middle school students from 44 classrooms in 26 American schools. Multilevel mediational analysis revealed that self-efficacy partly mediated students’ numeracy expectations and their Mathematics performance; this effect is consistent within but not between classrooms. No mediational effect for literacy expectations and Reading performance was observed. These effects did not differ between males and females. Implications for teacher preparation and development are discussed.

Original language	English (US)
Article number	101722
Journal	International Journal of Educational Research
Volume	106
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijer.2020.101722
State	Published - Jan 2021

Keywords

Gender differences
Literacy
Mathematics
Mediational analysis
Middle school
Self-efficacy

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Education

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